By Zoe Sottile, CNN Customs officers in Virginia have confiscated more than $700,000 of designer brand counterfeits, including clothing, purses and shoes, in a single shipment. Officers seized the counterfeit goods on March 16, according to a news release from US Customs and Border Protection. Customs officers originally examined the shipment on February 3, according
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile and Andy Rose, CNN A man was attacked by a mountain lion while relaxing in a hot tub at a rental property in Colorado, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. “Although this victim had only minor injuries, we take this incident seriously,” area wildlife manager Sean Shepherd said in a news release.
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN A Delaware man might have visited Florida just for the sun, but he came home $5 million richer. Peter Sullivan, 66, took home the jaw-dropping prize after purchasing a $20 scratch-off ticket from a Publix grocery store in Delray Beach, according to a news release from the Florida Lottery. Sullivan, a
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Jennifer Henderson and Theresa Waldrop, CNN A shooter who killed three 9-year-old students and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville Monday had maps of the school, left behind writings and scouted a second possible attack location, police said. Police identified the shooter as Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old former
Continue ReadingBy Pamela Kirkland and Devon M. Sayers, CNN Several syringes containing fentanyl and a Molotov cocktail were among several potentially dangerous items found during an operation to clear a public park in Atlanta Monday, local officials said. DeKalb County police headed a multi-jurisdictional operation to clear unauthorized people, vehicles and purported “hidden traps” at Intrenchment
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Jennifer Henderson and Theresa Waldrop, CNN A shooter who killed three 9-year-old students and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville Monday had maps of the school, left behind writings and scouted a second possible attack location, police said. Police identified the shooter as Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old former
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN A one-eyed cat named Crash is the first-ever cat to win the Cadbury Bunny contest, making him the brand’s official “spokesbunny” for the year. The chocolate company announced Crash’s win in a news release Tuesday. The lucky winner is an 8-year-old from Boise, Idaho, according to the release. Crash was injured
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Lee, CNN In the wake of the powerful tornado that killed dozens of people in the Mississippi delta, aid groups are on the ground assisting those in need. The MSEMA (Mississippi Emergency Management Agency) is coordinating state and local emergency food and shelter. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) has
Continue ReadingBy Andi Babineau and Rebekah Riess, CNN A migrant was found dead in a train car in Texas over the weekend — the second fatal incident in as many days, according to a statement from Union Pacific. “Our hearts are heavy with the news of another tragic loss of life in a Union Pacific train
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN As spring breakers take to the beaches of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, they might be joined by an aquatic friend spotted just off the coast: a great white shark named Breton. Breton is one of dozens of sharks being tracked by OCEARCH, a nonprofit marine research group which provides open-source data
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Loyola University New Orleans has appointed Xavier Cole as the next president of the 111-year-old Jesuit school. Cole will serve as the university’s 18th president and the first Black person to lead the institution, according to press release. He will also be the second layperson to fill the role. Cole is
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Fourth time’s the charm for this mischievous pup — hopefully. Ralphie, who made headlines after a New York animal shelter described him as a “fire-breathing demon,” has finally been adopted for the fourth time, according to the shelter. The Niagara SPCA said in a Friday Facebook post they received more than
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe and Celina Tebor, CNN Two additional bodies have been found by search and rescue teams working to locate missing individuals after the explosion of an eastern Pennsylvania candy factory last week, raising the incident’s death toll to seven people, officials said earlier this week. “We do believe them to be the remaining
Continue ReadingBy Celina Tebor, Susannah Cullinane, Dakin Andone and Danny Freeman, CNN Philadelphia residents can continue using tap water as normal until at least 3:30 p.m. Tuesday following a chemical spill a few miles upstream of a key intake in the Delaware River, city officials said Monday. Michael Carroll, the city’s deputy managing director for transportation,
Continue ReadingBy Celina Tebor, Susannah Cullinane, Dakin Andone and Danny Freeman, CNN Philadelphia residents can continue using tap water as normal until at least 3:30 p.m. Tuesday following a chemical spill a few miles upstream of a key intake in the Delaware River, city officials said Monday. Michael Carroll, the city’s deputy managing director for transportation,
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek and Alaa Elassar, CNN Six people, including five children, were killed and one woman was injured in a car crash on Interstate 24 in Tennessee early Sunday morning. Emergency medical services responded to a collision of two vehicles at the interstate’s westbound mile marker 23 in Robertson County, according to a news
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Beech, Zenebou Sylla,Celina Tebor and Danny Freeman, CNN The City of Philadelphia says it is now confident tap water from the Baxter Drinking Water Treatment Plant will remain safe to drink until at least 11:59 p.m. Monday following a chemical spill in the Delaware River. At a news conference late Sunday afternoon, city
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess and Samantha Beech, CNN Twelve people were injured Saturday night when a floor collapsed at an off-campus apartment party near Indiana University of Pennsylvania, according to state police. First responders were called to the scene — about a mile from the school’s campus in Indiana, Pennsylvania, per the apartment complex’s website —
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Zoe Sottile, CNN Two tigers have been recaptured after escaping a Georgia safari park during a tornado warning Sunday morning, according to the park. In a Facebook post, the Wild Animal Safari park in Pine Mountain wrote that it sustained “extensive tornado damage.” No staff or animals were injured but “several
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris and Alaa Elassar, CNN A vibrant presence. Always smiling, always mischievous. A dreamer with plans of one day becoming a nurse. That’s how Sandy Smith remembers her 19-year-old son, Stephen, whose voice she hasn’t heard in more than seven years. His body was found in the middle of a rural Hampton County,
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